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Mark T. Swihart



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Office Address: 
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506 Furnas Hall 
311 Countryside Lane
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Williamsville, NY  14221
University at Buffalo (SUNY) 
Phone: (716) 636-0375
Buffalo, NY 14260-4200

Phone: (716) 645-2911 x2205

Fax: (716) 645-3822

E-mail: swihart@eng.buffalo.edu

WWW:  http://www.cbe.buffalo.edu/swihart

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
     Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
     August 2004-present

     Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
     August 1998-August 2004

Research Topics: Production and applications of nanoparticles;  Nanoparticle nucleation and growth; Pulsed laser pyrolysis for kinetic studies and particle synthesis; Experimental and theoretical studies of elementary reactions important for vapor phase materials synthesis; Detailed chemical kinetics, fluid dynamics, and aerosol dynamics in high temperature vapor phase materials processing.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
     Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering
     August 1997-August 1998

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, July, 1997

Rice University, Houston, TX
    B.S., Chemical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, May, 1992 
    
HONORS AND AWARDS

Outstanding McNair Faculty Mentor from the University at Buffalo Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, 2006.

Licensed Innovation Award from the Research Foundation of SUNY, 2005.

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Outstanding Professor Award, 2003, determined by nomination and vote of undergraduates in the department.

J.B. Wagner Young Investigator Award of the High Temperature Materials Division of the Electrochemical Society, 2003.  This is an international award presented to only one person every two years.

Promising Inventor Award from the Research Foundation of SUNY, 2003.

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 1995-96

National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1992-95

PUBLICATIONS

(75) Tereshchuk, Polina L., Zokhirkon M. Khakimov, and Mark T. Swihart, "Energetically Competetive Growth Patterns of Silicon Clusters: Quasi-One-Dimensional Clusters versus Diamond-Like Clusters, submitted to Physical Review B. (download PDF)

(74) Zhang, Hongwang and Mark T. Swihart, “Synthesis of Tellurium Dioxide Nanoparticles by Spray Pyrolysis”, Chemistry of Materials, in press (2007).

(73) Yong, Ken-Tye, Yudhisthira Sahoo, Mark T. Swihart, and Paras N. Prasad, “Shape Control of CdS Nanocrystals in One Pot Synthesis”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, in press (2007).

(72) Yong, Ken-Tye, Yudhisthira Sahoo, Kaushik Roy Choudhury, Mark T. Swihart, John R. Minter and Paras N. Prasad, “Control of the Morphology and Size of PbS Nanowires using Gold Nanoparticles”, Chemistry of Materials, 18, 5965-5972 (2006). (download PDF)

(71) Sato, Seiichi and Mark T. Swihart, “Propionic acid terminated silicon nanoparticles: Synthesis and optical characterization”, Chemistry of Materials, 18, 4083-4088 (2006). (download PDF)

(70) Yong, Ken-Tye, Yudhisthira Sahoo, Mark T. Swihart, and Paras N. Prasad , “Growth of CdSe Quantum Rods and Multipods Seeded by Noble Metal Nanoparticles”, Advanced Materials, 18, 1978-1982 (2006). (download PDF)

(69) Shi, Weili, Yudhisthira Sahoo, Hao Zeng, Yong Ding, Mark T. Swihart, and Paras N. Prasad, “Anisotropic Growth of PbSe Nanocrystals on Au-Fe3O4 Hybrid Nanoparticles”, Advanced Materials, 18, 1889-1894 (2006), also featured on the inside front cover, Advanced Materials, 18 (14), July 18, 2006. (download PDF)

(68) Yong, Ken-Tye, Yudhisthira Sahoo, Mark T. Swihart, and Paras N. Prasad , “Synthesis and Plasmonic Properties of Silver and Gold Nanoshells on Polystyrene Cores of Different Size and of Gold-Silver Core-Shell Nanostructures”, Colloids and Surfaces A, 290, 89-105 (2006). (download PDF)

(67) Shi, Weili, Hao Zeng, Yudhisthira Sahoo, Tymish Ohulchanskyy, Yong Ding, Zhong Lin Wang, Mark T. Swihart, and Paras N. Prasad, “A General Approach to Binary and Ternary Hybrid Nanocrystals”, Nano Letters, 6, 875-881 (2006).  Highlighted in Science Magazine’s Editor’s Choice:  Highlights of the Recent Literature columnScience, 311, 1675 (March 24, 2006). (download PDF)

(66) Yong, Ken-Tye, Yudhisthira Sahoo, Kaushik Roy Chaudhury, Mark T. Swihart, John R. Minter, and Paras N. Prasad, “Shape Control of PbSe Nanocrystals Using Noble Metal Seed Particles”, Nano Letters, 6, 709-714 (2006). (download PDF)

(65) Hua, Fengjun, Folarin Erogbogbo, Mark T. Swihart, and Eli Ruckenstein, “Organically capped silicon nanoparticles with blue photoluminescence prepared by hydrosilylation followed by oxidation”, Langmuir, 22, 4363-4370 (2006). (download PDF)

(64) He, Yuanging, Yudhisthira Sahoo, Shumin Wang, Hong Luo, Paras N. Prasad, and Mark T. Swihart, “Laser-Driven Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Iron Nanoparticles”, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 8, 335-342 (2006). (download PDF)

(63) Zhang, Hongwang, and Mark T. Swihart, “Synthesis of Tellurium Dioxide Nanoparticles by Spray Pyrolysis”, Transactions of the Electrochemical Society, 2 (7), 239-248 (2006).

(62) Zhang, Hongwang, Ken-Tye Yong, and Mark T. Swihart, “Synthesis of Zinc Sulfide Nanoparticles by Spray Pyrolysis”, Transactions of the Electrochemical Society, 2 (7), 249-254 (2006).

(61) Dang, Hongyi, and Mark T. Swihart, “Computational Modeling of Silicon Nanoparticle Formation”, Transactions of the Electrochemical Society, 2 (7), 255-266 (2006).

(60) Swihart, Mark T., Yuanqing He, and Suddha S. Talukdar, “Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of a Laser-Driven Aerosol Reactor”, Transactions of the Electrochemical Society, 2 (7), 267-278 (2006).

(59) Khakimov, Z. M., P. L. Tereshchuk, N. T. Sulaymanov,   F. T. Umarova, A. P. Mukhtarov,  and Mark T. Swihart, “Non-Conventional Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Bare Silicon and Silicon-Hydrogen Clusters”, Transactions of the Electrochemical Society, 2 (7), 279-288 (2006).

(58) Kim, Sung Jin, V.P. Chodavarapu, F. Kamal, V.K.S. Hsiao, and A.N. Cartwright, “Tunable porous photonic bandgap structures for chemical and biological sensing” Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 6322, 632201 (2006).

(57) Sahoo, Yudhisthira, Yuanqing He, Mark T. Swihart, Shumin Wang, Hong Luo, Edward P. Furlani, and Paras N. Prasad, "An aerosol-mediated magnetic colloid: Study of nickel nanoparticles", Journal of Applied Physics, 98, 054308 (2005). (download PDF)

(56) Khakimov, Z.M., P.L. Tereshchuk, F.T. Umarova, M.T. Swihart, "Non-conventional tight-binding method for calculation of total energy and spectroscopic energies of atomic clusters. Transferable parameters for silicon", Phys. Rev. B., 72 115335 (2005). (download PDF)

(55) Hua, Fengjun, Mark T. Swihart, and Eli Ruckenstein, “Efficient surface grafting of luminescent silicon quantum dots by photoinitiated hydrosilylation”, Langmuir21, 6054-6062 (2005). (download PDF)

(54) Kirkey, William D., Yudhisthira Sahoo, Xuegeng Li, Yuanqing He, Mark T. Swihart, Alexander N. Cartwright, Stanley Bruckenstein, and Paras N. Prasad, “Quasi-Reversible Photoluminescence Quenching of Stable Dispersions of Silicon Nanoparticles”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15, 2028-2034 (2005). (download PDF)

(53) He, Yuanqing, Xuegeng Li, and Mark T. Swihart, “Laser-Driven Aerosol Synthesis of Nickel Nanoparticles”, Chemistry of Materials, 17, 1017-1026 (2005). (download PDF)

(52) Shi, Weili, Yudhisthira Sahoo, Mark T. Swihart, and Paras N. Prasad, “Gold Nanoshells on Polystyrene Cores for Control of Surface Plasmon Resonance”, Langmuir, 21, 1610-1617 (2005). (download PDF)

(51) Sahoo, Yudhisthira, Alireza Goodarzi, Mark T. Swihart, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy, Navjot Kaur, Edward P.  Furlani, and Paras N. Prasad, “Aqueous ferrofluid of magnetite nanoparticles: Fluorescence labeling and magnetophoretic control”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 3879-3885 (2005). (download PDF)

(50) Liu, Gang, Mark T. Swihart, and Sriram Neelamegham, “Sensitivity, principal component and flux analysis applied to signal transduction: The case of epidermal growth factor mediated signaling”, Bioinformatics, 21, 1194-1202 (2005). (download PDF)

(49) Swihart, Mark T., “Assembling gas-phase reaction mechanisms for high temperature inorganic systems based on quantum chemistry calculations and reaction rate theories”, Journal of the Chemistry and Physics of Solids, 66, 364-371 (2005).  Part of a special issue containing the proceedings of The IUPAC Conference on High Temperature Materials Chemistry – XI, May 19-23, 2003, Tokyo, Japan. (download PDF)

(48) Wong, Hsi-Wu, Xuegeng Li, Mark T. Swihart, and Linda J. Broadbelt, “Detailed Kinetic Modeling of Silicon Nanoparticle Formation Chemistry via Automated Mechanism Generation”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 108, 10122-10132 (2004). (download PDF)

(47) Khakimov, Z.M., P.L. Tereshchuk, F.T. Umarova, and Mark T. Swihart, “Improved Parameterization of Non-Conventional Tight-Binding Method for Simulation of Silicon Nanoclusters”, Uzbek Journal of Physics, 6, 264-269 (2004).

(46)   Shi, Weili, Y. Sahoo, and Mark T. Swihart, “Gold nanoparticles surface-terminated with bifunctional ligands”, Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 246, 109-113 (2004). (download PDF)

(45) Talukdar, Suddha S., and Mark T. Swihart, “Aerosol dynamics modeling of silicon nanoparticle formation during silane pyrolysis: a comparison of three solution methods”, Journal of Aerosol Science, 35, 889-908 (2004). (download PDF)

(44) Li, Xuegeng, Yuanqing He, and Mark T. Swihart, “Surface Functionalization of Silicon Nanoparticles Produced by Laser-Driven Pyrolysis of Silane followed by HF-HNO3 Etching”, Langmuir , 20, 4720-4727 (2004).
(download PDF)

(43)  Li, Zhifeng, Mark T. Swihart, and Eli Ruckenstein, “Luminescent Silicon Nanoparticles Capped by Conductive Polyaniline through the Self-assembly Method”, Langmuir, 20, 1963-1971, (2004). (download PDF)

(42) Wong, Hsi-Wu, Juan Carlos Alva Nieto, Mark T. Swihart, and Linda J. Broadbelt, “Thermochemistry of Silicon-Hydrogen Compounds Generalized from Quantum Chemical Calculations”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A108, 874-897, (2004). (download PDF)

(41)Kirkey, W.D., A.N. Cartwright, X. Li, Y. He, M.T. Swihart, Y. Sahoo, and P.N. Prasad, “Optical Properties of Polymer-Embedded Silicon Nanoparticles”, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, 789, N.15.30.1-N.15.30.6, (2004). (download PDF)

(40)Goodarzi, A., Y. Sahoo, M.T. Swihart, and P.N. Prasad, “Aqueous Ferrofluid of Citric Acid Coated Magnetite Particles”, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, 789, N.6.6.1-N.6.6.6, (2004). (download PDF)

(39) Li, X., Y. He, S.S. Talukdar, M.T. Swihart, “Preparation of luminescent silicon nanoparticles by photothermal aerosol synthesis followed by acid etching”, Phase Transitions: A Multinational Journal, 77, 131-137 (2004).Part of a special issue containing proceedings of the International Symposium on Structure and Dynamics of Heterogeneous Systems, Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg, November 29, 2002, Duisburg, Germany. (download PDF)

(38) Li, X., Y. He, S.S. Talukdar and M.T. Swihart, "A process for preparing macroscopic quantities of brightly photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles with emission spanning the visible spectrum", Langmuir, 19, 8490-8496. (download PDF)

(37) Wong, H.-W.,X. Li, M.T. Swihart, and L.J. Broadbelt, Encoding of Polycyclic Si-Containing Molecules for Determining Species Uniqueness in Automated Mechanism Generation”, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 43, 735-742 (2003). (download PDF)

(36) Swihart, M.T., "Vapor Phase Synthesis of Nanoparticles (Invited Review)", Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science (2003) 8, 127-133 (2003). (download PDF)

(35) Catoire, L., M. T. Swihart, S. Gail, and P. Dagaut, "Anharmonic Thermochemistry of Cyclopentadiene Derivatives", The International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 35, 453-463 (2003). (download PDF)

(34) Swihart, M.T., X. Li, Y. He, W.D. Kirkey, A.N. Cartwright, Y. Sahoo, and P.N. Prasad, "High-rate synthesis and characterization of brightly luminescent silicon nanoparticles with applications in hybrid materials for photonics and biophotonics" Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5222, 108-117 (2003).

(33) Cartwright, A.N., W.D. Kirkey, M.L. Furis, X. Li, Y. He, D. MacRae, Y. Sahoo, M.T. Swihart, and P.N. Prasad, "Ultrafast dynamics in nanostructured materials", Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5222, 134-139 (2003). 

(32) Nijhawan, S., P. H. McMurry, M. T. Swihart, S.-M. Suh, 
S. L. Girshick, S. A. Campbell, and J. E. Brockmann"An Experimental and Numerical Study of Particle Nucleation and Growth During Low-Pressure Thermal Decomposition of Silane", The Journal of Aerosol Science, 34, 691-711 (2003). (download PDF)

(31) S.S. Talukdar, C.A. Ng, and M.T. Swihart, “Aerosol Dynamics Modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics of a Laser-Driven Nanoparticle Synthesis Reactor”, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, PV 2003-08, 235-242 (2003).

(30) X. Li, Y. He, and M.T. Swihart, “Photothermal Aerosol Synthesis of and Photoluminescence from Silicon Nanoparticles”, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, PV 2003-08, 1161-1167 (2003).

(29) Swihart, M.T., L. Catoire, B. Legrand, I. Gökalp, and C. Paillard, "Rate Constants for the Homogeneous Gas-Phase Al/HCl Combustion Chemistry", Combustion and Flame, 132, 91-101 (2003). (download PDF)

(28) Talukdar, S.S., and M.T. Swihart, "An Improved Data Inversion Program for Obtaining Aerosol Size Distributions from Differential Mobility Analyzer Data", Aerosol Science and Technology, 37, 145-161 (2003). (download PDF)

(27) Catoire, L., and M.T. Swihart, "Thermochemistry of species produced from monomethylhydrazine (MMH) in propulsion and space-related applications", The Journal of Propulsion and Power, 18, 1242-1253, (2002). 

(26) Catoire, L., and M.T. Swihart, "High Temperature Kinetics of AlCl3 Decomposition in the Presence of Additives for Chemical Vapor Deposition", The Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 129, C261-C267, (2002). (download PDF)

(25) Jalbout, A.F., Swihart, M.T., and Jursic, B.S., “Corrigendum to "Potential energy surface for H2Si2 isomers explored with complete basis set ab initio method" [J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem) 459 (1999) 221-228]”, The Journal of Molecular Structure:  THEOCHEM, 571, 231-232, (2001). 

(24) Li, X., and M.T. Swihart, "Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Homogeneous Nucleation of Hydrogenated Silicon Particles during Silane Decomposition", Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, 2001-13, 455-461, (2001). 

(23) Talukdar, S.,  X. Li and M.T. Swihart, "Photothermal Aerosol Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Nanoparticles", Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, 2001-13, 448-454, (2001). 

(22) Bhandarkar, U.V., S.L. Girshick, M.T. Swihart, and U.R. Kortshagen, "Gas-Phase Nucleation in Low-Pressure Silane Plasmas", Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, 2001-13, 481-487, (2001). 

(21) Catoire, L., and M.T. Swihart, "High Temperature Kinetics of AlCl3 Decomposition in the Presence of Additives for Chemical Vapor Deposition", Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, 2001-13, 1-8, (2001). 

(20) Swihart, M.T, and L. Catoire, "Reactions in the Al-H-Cl System Studied by ab Initio Molecular Orbital and Density Functional Methods", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 105, 264-273 (2001). (download PDF)

(19) Li, X, and M.T. Swihart, "Modeling Particle Nucleation during Thermal CVD of Silicon from Silane using Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation", Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, 2000-13, 60-66 (2000).

(18) Bhandarkar, U.V., M.T. Swihart, S.L. Girshick and U.R. Kortshagen, "Modeling of Silicon Hydride Clustering in a Low Pressure Silane Plasma", The Journal of Physics D:  Applied Physics, 33, 2731-2746 (2000). (download PDF)

(17) Swihart, M.T., "Electron Affinities of Selected Hydrogenated Silicon Clusters (SixHy, x = 1-7, y = 0-15) from Density Functional Theory Calculations", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 104, 6083-6087 (2000). (download PDF)

(16) Girshick, S.L., M.T. Swihart, S.-M. Suh, M.R. Mahajan, and S. Nijhawan, "Numerical Modeling of Gas-Phase Nucleation and Particle Growth during Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silicon", The Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 147, 2303-2311 (2000). (download PDF)

(15) Swihart, M.T. and L. Catoire, "Thermochemistry of Aluminum Species for Combustion Modeling from Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Calculations", Combustion and Flame, 121, 210-222 (2000). (download PDF)

(14) Larson, J.M., M.T. Swihart, and S.L. Girshick, "Characterization of the Near-Surface Gas Phase Chemical Environment in Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition of Diamond", Diamond and Related Materials, 8, 1863-1874 (1999). (download PDF)

(13) Bhandarkar, U.V., M.T. Swihart, U.R. Kortshagen, and S.L. Girshick, "Modeling of Plasma Chemistry for Silicon Hydride Clustering in PECVD Processes", Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry (Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR; Prague, Czech Republic, August 2-6, 1999) vol. IV, pp. 2205-2210.

(12) Kortshagen, U.R., U.V. Bhandarkar, M.T. Swihart, and S.L. Girshick, "Generation and Growth of Nanoparticles in Low-Pressure Plasmas", Pure and Applied Chemistry, 71, 1871-1877 (1999). (download PDF)

(11) Swihart, M. T., and S.L. Girshick, "Ab Initio Structures and Energetics of Selected Hydrogenated Silicon Clusters Containing Six to Ten Silicon Atoms", Chemical Physics Letters, 307, 527-532 (1999). (download PDF)

(10) Girshick, S.L., M.T. Swihart, S.-M. Suh, M.R. Mahajan, and S. Nijhawan, "Numerical Modeling of Gas-Phase Nucleation and Particle Growth during Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silicon", Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, 98-23, 215-226 (1999).

(9) Swihart, M.T., and S.L. Girshick, "An Analysis of Flow, Temperature and Chemical Composition Distortion in Gas Sampling through an Orifice during Chemical Vapor Deposition", Physics of Fluids,11, 821-832 (1999). (download PDF)

(8) Swihart, M.T., and S.L. Girshick, "Thermochemistry and Kinetics of Silicon Hydride Cluster formation during Thermal Decomposition of Silane", The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 103, 64-76 (1999). (download PDF)

(7) Swihart, M.T., S. Nijhawan, M. Mahajan, S.-M. Suh, and S.L. Girshick, "Modeling the Nucleation Kinetics and Aerosol Dynamics of Particle Formation during CVD of Silicon from Silane", The Journal of Aerosol Science, 29, Suppl. 1, S77-S78 (1998). (download PDF)

(6) Swihart, M.T., and R. W. Carr, "On the Mechanism of Homogeneous Decomposition of the Chlorinated Silanes. Chain Reactions Propagated by Divalent Silicon Species", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 102, 1542-1549 (1998). (download PDF)

(5) Swihart, M.T., and R.W. Carr, "Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Study of the Thermochemistry and Reactions of Chlorinated Disilenes and Their Isomers (Si2HnCl4-n)", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 102, 785-792 (1998). (download PDF)

(4) Swihart, M.T., and R.W. Carr, "Thermal Decomposition of Dichlorosilane Investigated by Pulsed Laser Powered Homogeneous Pyrolysis", The Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 144, 4257-4361 (1997). (download PDF)

(3) Swihart, M.T., and R.W. Carr, "Thermochemistry and Thermal Decomposition of the Chlorinated Disilanes (Si2HnCl6-n, n=0-6) Studied by ab Initio Molecular Orbital Methods", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 101, 7434-7445 (1997). (download PDF)

(2) Swihart, M.T., and R.W. Carr, "Pulsed Laser Powered Homogeneous Pyrolysis for Reaction Kinetic Studies: Probe Laser Measurement of Reaction Time and Temperature", International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 28, 817-828 (1996). (download PDF)

(1) Swihart, M.T., and R.W. Carr, "Pulsed Laser Powered Homogeneous Pyrolysis: A Computational Analysis", International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 26, 779-799 (1994). (download PDF)


INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Swihart, M.T., “Better Living through Nanomaterials:  Past, Present, and Future”, UB Department of Electrical Engineering, January 27, 2006.

Swihart, M.T., “Preparation of Organically-Capped Silicon Quantum Dots”, Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University , Ontario , Canada , November 14, 2005.

Swihart, M.T., “Vapor-Phase Synthesis of Nanoparticles”, China/USA/Japan Joint Chemical Engineering Conference, Beijing , China , October 14, 2005.

Swihart, M.T., “Better Living through Nanomaterials:  Past, Present, and Future”, UB This Summer Lecture Series, June 16, 2005.

Swihart, M.T., “Production and Surface Functionalization of Macroscopic Quantities of Brightly Photoluminescent Silicon Nanoparticles and Magnetic Metal Nanoparticles”, ECI Conference on “Nanoparticles from the Vapor Phase with Chemical and Biochemical Applications”, Davos, Switzerland, August 10, 2004

Li, X., Y. He, and M.T. Swihart, “Production and surface functionalization of macroscopic quantities of brightly photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles”, University of Minnesota, IGERT program in nanoparticle technology, March 26, 2004.

Li, X., Y. He, and M.T. Swihart, “Production and surface functionalization of macroscopic quantities of brightly photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles”, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI, February 16, 2004.

Swihart, M.T., “J.B. Wagner Award Address:  Assembling Gas-Phase Reaction Mechanisms for High Temperature Inorganic Systems Based on Quantum Chemistry Calculations and Reaction Rate Theories”, 204th meeting of the Electrochemical Society, October 14, 2003, Orlando, Florida.

Swihart, M.T., “High-Rate Synthesis and Characterization of Brightly Luminescent Silicon Nanoparticles with Applications in Hybrid Materials for Photonics and Biophotonics”, presented at a symposium entitled "Organic and Hybrid Materials for Nanophotonics" at the 48th Annual Meeting of the SPIE, August 4-5, 2003, San Diego, California.

Swihart, M.T., “Assembling Gas-Phase Reaction Mechanisms for High Temperature Inorganic Systems Based on Quantum Chemistry Calculations and Reaction Rate Theories”, presented as an invited keynote lecture at The IUPAC Conference on High Temperature Materials Chemistry – XI, May 19-23, 2003, Tokyo, Japan.

Swihart, M.T., “Preparing and Functionalizing Macroscopic Quantities of Brightly Photoluminescent Silicon Nanoparticles with Emission Spanning the Visible Spectrum”, May 20, 2003, Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, University of Tokyo.

Swihart, M.T., "High-Rate Synthesis, Characterization, and Potential Applications of Brightly Luminescent Silicon Nanoparticles", at the International Symposium on Structure and Dynamics of Heterogeneous Systems, Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg, November 29, 2002, Duisburg, Germany.

Swihart, M.T., “Experimental and Modeling Studies on the Nucleation and Growth of Silicon Nanoparticles from the Vapor Phase”, IT Collaboratory Teleconference Series, Held at University at Buffalo and broadcast to Rochester Institute of Technology and Alfred University, January, 2002.

Swihart, M.T., “Experimental and Modeling Studies on the Nucleation and Growth of Silicon Nanoparticles from the Vapor Phase”, Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, April, 2002.

Swihart, M.T. "Chemical Kinetic Studies of the Homogeneous Chemical Nucleation of Silicon Nanoparticles", at a workshop entitled "Precursor materials, clusters and nanoparticles:  Experiment and theory", Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg, October 5, 2000, Duisburg, Germany.

Presenter and/or co-author on contributed talks at conferences including meetings of The Electrochemical Society (ECS), The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR), The International Aerosol Conference, Gordon Conferences, the International Conference on Plasma Chemistry, Materials Research Society Symposia, the APS Gaseous Electronics Conference and the International Symposium on Nanoparticles: Aerosols and Materials (July 2001, Pusan, Korea).


PATENTS

Yong, Ken-Tye, Yudhisthira Sahoo, Mark T. Swihart, and Paras N. Prasad, “Facile High-Yield Production of Semiconductor Quantum Rods and Multipods using Noble Metal Nanoparticles“, pending application, submitted December 21, 2006.

Ruckenstein, Eli, Mark T. Swihart, and Fengjun Hua, “Production of Photoluminescent Silicon Nanoparticles having Surfaces that are Essentially Free of Residual Oxygen”, pending application, serial number 60/672,808, filed April 19, 2006.

He, Yuanqing, Xuegeng Li, and Mark T. Swihart, “Production of Nickel Nanoparticles from Nickel Carbonyl via Laser Pyrolysis”,pending application, serial number 60/618,288, filed October 13, 2005.  Exclusive license from UB to INCO of Toronto, Canada executed May 2005. Full text from USPTO.

Li, Xuegeng, Yuanqing He, and Mark T. Swihart, “Process for Producing Luminescent Silicon Nanoparticles”, pending application, Serial No. 10/796,442, filed March 9, 2004. Full text from USPTO.

Becker, C.L., J.R. Lattner, and M.T. Swihart, “Fluidized Bed Reactor and Process”, U.S. Patent No. 6,627,068 (2003). Full text from USPTO.

Becker, C.L., J.R. Lattner, and M.T. Swihart, “Fluidized Bed Reactor and Process for Producing 5-Ethylidene-2-Norbornene”, U.S. Patent No. 6,294,707 (2001). Full text from USPTO.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Course Instructor, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, University at Buffalo, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007.

  • Had full responsibility for required, core undergraduate course in chemical thermodynamics.
  • Developed new course notes and course web page including extensive electronic lecture notes, homework solutions, etc.
  • Introduced, in collaboration with David Kofke and staff from the Center for Technical Communications, a major technical writing assignment based on a ‘virtual experiment’ carried out using molecular simulations.
  • Course Instructor, Applied Chemical Kinetics (graduate level), University at Buffalo, Fall 1998, Fall 1999, Fall 2000, Fall 2001, Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2006.
    • Had full responsibility for required, core graduate course in chemical kinetics and reaction engineering.
    • Developed new course notes, incorporating microscopic views of kinetics and modern computer-based methods of analysis for both chemical kinetics and detailed modeling of complex reactors.
    • Developed course web page including over 300 typed pages of course notes, almost 200 additional pages of solved problems, and various other resources.
    • Actively used the course web page and various computer demonstrations during lectures, which were given in a 'technology' classroom with computer projection facilities.

    Course Instructor, Introduction to Aerosol Science and Technology, University at Buffalo, Spring 2003, Spring 2005.

    • Developed an entirely new elective course at the senior undergraduate/first-year graduate level.
    • Developed course web page including typed course notes, solved problems, and various other resources.
    • Brought the entire class to my research laboratory for a demonstration of modern aerosol science instrumentation, and also gave several simpler in-class demonstrations.

    Course Instructor, Chemically Reacting Flows, University at Buffalo, Spring 2004.

    • Developed a new advanced graduate course on the modeling of chemically reacting flows, with applications in combustion, chemical vapor deposition, and aerosol (nanoparticle) synthesis.
    Course Instructor, Chemical Engineering Laboratory II, University at Buffalo, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001.

    Advisor, AIChE Student Chapter Team Competition, University at Buffalo, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2004.

    Instructor, Introduction to Matlab and Maple for Scientific Problem Solving, University at Buffalo, Spring 1999, Spring 2000.

    Recitation Instructor, Chemical Reactor Analysis, University of Minnesota, Fall 1996. 

    Recitation Instructor, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics and Kinetics, University of Minnesota, Spring 1996. 

    Recitation Instructor, Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Fall 1995. 

    Head Teaching Assistant, Principles of Chemical Engineering I, University of Minnesota, Spring 1995. 

    Teaching Assistant, Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Fall 1993. 

    Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Computing, Rice University, 1989-92.


    UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

    I.  Professional and Public Service

    Reviewer for Science, Advanced Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemistry of Materials, Langmuir, The Journal of Physical Chemistry (A and B), Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of the Electrochemical Society, The Journal of Materials Science, Chemical Vapor Deposition, The International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, The Journal of Crystal Growth, The Journal of Computational Chemistry, Journal de Physique IV, The Journal of Aerosol Science, Aerosol Science and Technology, The Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Surface Science, Physica E, The Journal of Nanophotonics and Applied Physics A.

    Member, The Electrochemical Society (ECS), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), The American Chemical Society (ACS), The American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR), The Materials Research Society (MRS), Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi.

    Proposal reviewer/panelist for The National Science Foundation, the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), and The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation.

    Lead organizer and proceedings editor for ‘The Second International Symposium on Fundamental Gas-Phase and Surface Chemistry of Vapor-Phase Materials Processing’, held at the Electrochemical Society National Meeting, March 2001, Washington , D.C.

    Lead organizer and proceedings editor for ‘The Third International Symposium on Fundamental Gas-Phase and Surface Chemistry of Vapor-Phase Materials Processing’, held at the 209th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, May 2006, Denver , Colorado .

    Co-chair or chair of one or two sessions each year at the AIChE fall annual meeting.

    Member of the Organizing Committee for CVD-XVI/EUROCVD 14, held April 28-May 3, 2003 in Paris , France , in conjunction with the 203rd meeting of the Electrochemical Society.

    Member of the Executive Committee of the High Temperature Materials division of the Electrochemical Society, 1999-present.

    Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 2001-2004.

    Founding Member of the Editorial Board of NanoBiotechnology, published by Humana Press.

    II.   University Service

    Director of Graduate Studies for Chemical and Biological Engineering (December 2003-present)

    Member of the Faculty Senate Research and Creative Activity Committee (2005-present)

    Chair of Departmental Safety Committee (2001-2004)

    Member of Departmental Undergraduate Studies Committee (2000-2003)

    AIChE Student Chapter Advisor (1998-2005)

    Freshman Engineering Mentor (1998-present)

    Freshman Honors Program Mentor (1998-present)

    University Library Committee Representative (1998-2005)

    Departmental Research Open House Organizing Committee (1998-2003)

    Co-organizer of a workshop entitled “Nanotechnology for Detection and Manipulation of Single Molecules”, held May 30, 2003 at UB

    Deputy Director, Materials Division, The Institute for Lasers, Photonics, and Biophotonics (2002-present).


    GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED

    Former Graduate Students:

    Xuegeng Li, Ph.D. conferred February 2004.  Currently at Innovalight, Inc.

    Suddha Talukdar, Ph.D. conferred February 2004. Curently at Intel.

    Yuanqing He, Ph.D. conferred February 2006.  Currently a post-doc at U. of Minnesota

    Ken-Tye Yong, Ph.D. conferred September 2006.  Currently a post-doc at UB.

    Weili Shi, Ph.D. conferred February 2007.  Currently at Evident Technologies.

    Zhen Liu, M.S. conferred September 2000.  Currently at Merck.

    Vi Dat "Victor" Tu, M.S. conferred September 2001.  Currently in the U.S. Navy.

    Carla Ng, M.S. conferred January 2003.  Currently a Ph.D. student at Northwestern.

    Juan Carlos Alva Nieta, M.S. conferred June 2003.  Currently at Eaton ( Amsterdam ).

    Kar-Chan Choong, M.S. conferred September 2003.  Currently at Merck.

    Biju Mathew, M.Eng. conferred February 2005.

    Chin Kok Ooi, M.Eng. conferred February 2005.

    Rachel Peck, M.Eng. conferred June 2005.

    Jeffrey Pierce, M.Eng. conferred June  2005.

    Kok On Soh, M.Eng. conferred September 2005.

    Current Graduate Students:

    Hongwang Zhang, Ph.D. candidate, started September 2001, joined Swihart group in January 2004 after completing a Master’s degree with Paschalis Alexandridis.

    Hongyi Dang, Ph.D. candidate, started September 2004.

    Folarin Erogbogbo, Ph.D. candidate, started September 2004.

    Co-advisor for William Kirkey, Electrical Engineering Ph.D. candidate advised by Alexander Cartwright.

    William Scharmach, Ph.D. Candidate, started September 2006.

    Sha Liu, Ph.D. Candidate, started September 2006.

    Wen-Shiue Young, Ph.D. candidate, started September 2006.